Yang Guang's delegation of power to Yang Ming was undoubtedly the most gratifying thing for Yang Ming. He was afraid that his father would interfere with his selection of subordinates, which would be very uncomfortable.
He had an idea of who to use.
It is said that many emperors in history liked to kill heroes. In fact, everyone has overlooked one point. In the eyes of the emperor, there are no heroes, only whether they can be used or not.
This is determined by status, just like Yang Ming's arrangement of subordinate officials in the East Palace. It's not that I will use them if I like them, but whether they are useful to you.
When a person is superior, he must consider everyone around him to ensure that his power is stable.
After the court meeting, Yang Ming met Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yinjiang's half-brother, in the East Palace.
This kid was born with a strong and powerful figure, tall and mighty. At first glance, he looked scary and untouchable, but when Yang Yuanqing was in front of Yang Yinjiang, he was as docile as a cat.
This is due to being suppressed since childhood, and there is a shadow in my heart.
He is also a legitimate son, and Yang Yinjiang is a legitimate daughter. Logically speaking, women are inferior to men, but I'm sorry, she is the crown prince, and she is the person Yang Yue protects the most.
Yang Yuanqing has only been slapped by three people in his life, Yang Su, Yang Yue, and Yang Yinjiang.
The reason why this boy came so late was because he passed through Xiyang County and stayed at Yang Yue's place for a while. Now, the old Yang family basically follows Yang Yue, and in addition Yang Yinjiang.
"Brother-in-law is back?" Yang Yuanqing stood up and smiled at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down: "Just come back. You will stay with your sister from now on. Sister Qi will be able to use you easily."
"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I know," Yang Yuanqing said.
When Yang Ming got married, this boy was responsible for carrying his sister out of the boudoir. Yang Yuanqing was only fourteen years old at that time, and his strength was already terrifying.
He is good as a snack hunter. He has a big frame and a solid body. He went to the frontier for a few years to experience and is now a tough guy made of copper and iron.
Strangely enough, people of the Xuangan generation and below of the old Yang family seemed to focus more on martial arts, and very few took the civil service path.
"Have you received the access badge, armor or weapons?" Yang Ming asked.
Yang Yinjiang spoke for her younger brother: "Yuan Qing has just entered the palace less than half an hour ago. He has been here with me and he hasn't had time to pick it up yet."
"Then go get it, your sister and I have something to say," Yang Ming said.
Yang Yuanqing quickly stood up and left.
"Is it about Pei Xi? I already know." After her brother left, Yang Yinjiang came to sit next to Yang Ming and said, "She has entered the palace and is at Ayun's place now."
Yang Ming came back last night and stayed at Yan Xiaotang's place, so he didn't have time to mention it. When Pei Xi entered the palace, he must have greeted Yang Yinjiang as soon as possible, so she knew about it.
"Are Yang Rui and Shimin in the Imperial College?" Yang Ming asked.
Yang Yinjiang smiled and said: "For such a big happy event, I have already sent people to call Shimin back. He should be at Yichun Palace now."
For brothers like Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, who have a large age gap, there is no taboo between uncles and sisters-in-law, mainly because Shimin is still too young and his eldest sister-in-law is like his mother. But after he becomes an adult, he and Pei Xi will have to keep a distance.
Yang Ming nodded: "When you have free time, get closer to Pei Xi and make Li Yuan and the others feel that we value him."
"It's natural. Li Yuan and his father are cousins, and this person is extremely extraordinary. I underestimated him for keeping a low profile in the past," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile.
In fact, it is not an underestimation. Yang Su and Yang Yue are here, and Li Yuan is indeed not on the stage.
"But there is one thing that is quite strange," Yang Yinjiang suddenly frowned and said: "Although I know that Pei Ju has a close relationship with Wang Tong, Pei Ju will not find a daughter of his own clan for one of Wang Tong's disciples. ?”
Yang Ming was stunned: "Which disciple?"
"Who else?" Yang Yinjiang curled her lips and said, "Is that Wei Zheng? Pei Ju actually went out in person and selected a woman of marriageable age from the clan to be betrothed to Wei Zheng."
Yang Ming suddenly frowned. It is true that Wei Zheng's first wife in history was from the Pei family in Hedong, but that was only after he became famous. Now he is an inconspicuous little official. How can Pei Ju think so highly of him?
In the eyes of Hedong Pei, the Julu Wei family is a small family. Although Pei Ju is the head of the family, does the girl's father agree with his daughter's marriage like this?
"Whose daughter is it?" Yang Ming asked curiously.
Yang Yinjiang said: "The daughter of Pei Shiwu, the magistrate of Yueyang County."
Pei Shiwu, plus Pei Shiqing who visited Japan, and Pei Ju, whose real name is Pei Shiju, look like they are from the same generation.
It sounds like a good loss for a county magistrate's daughter to marry an official of the East Palace, but it would be a big loss if Hedong Pei married Julu Wei.
Could it be that Pei Ju has already seen that Wei Zheng is a potential stock? Is your vision so good?
He is indeed a potential stock. Historically, he also served as the Prince Xian Ma for Li Jiancheng. Later, he was Zheng Guogong and the Prince's Grand Master. He was a very awesome figure. He was a figure who added luster to Li Shimin's good reputation as "accepting advice".
After Yang Ming was silent for a while, he smiled bitterly and said: "Whatever, as long as the person is willing to marry, there is no need for us to interfere."
Yang Yinjiang nodded and said, "If Wei Zheng marries the daughter of the Pei family, he can't just be a petty official."
Yes, Yang Ming also considered this. If Pei Ju was so praised, Yang Ming had to follow suit, otherwise he would not give Pei Ju face.
Good guy. Yang Ming suddenly figured it out.
Pei Ju didn't really think Wei Zheng was very capable, but instead he was cultivating Pei Shuying's confidants in the East Palace? Isn't a person like Wei Zheng, an upright person like Wei Zheng who dares to say anything, just a big troll? It can definitely help Pei Shuying do things that are inconvenient for her to come forward.
Pei Ju, Pei Ju, do you really have this intention?
Yang Ming was suddenly a little upset. It seemed that he would have to be careful about Pei Ju in the future, lest he disturb his arrangements in the East Palace.
After leaving the palace, Yang Ming went to Cheng'en Hall. He did not summon everyone to discuss matters, but wandered around various government offices and observed everyone handling government affairs.
In Menxiafang, Yuan Wendu said:
"Manpower is in short supply. We are overwhelmed with many things. Even with Duke Li's guidance, the progress is still slow. Is Your Highness going to ask the staff to recruit more people?"
At present, there are 127 officials and staff in Menxiafang, but the full complement is 321, which is more than half missing.
In fact, there were originally many officials left by Yang Zhao, but Yang Ming did not want to use them. Therefore, most of the officials in the East Palace are still his former staff, and many of them were brought over from Jingzhou.
Yang Ming frowned and said: "Then I will add two more people to you. Huang Fenglin from Yushitai will make up for the last person in the house. Wei Zheng asked him to be the chief minister. As for the assistant officials, I will go to the Ministry of Personnel to select them myself. .”
Yang Ming had promised Huang Fenglin before that he would find a new job for him and Huang Fenglin would definitely be happy to come to the East Palace to work.
The subordinate officials in the East Palace were not of high rank, but they had special social status. Take Xie Wen as an example. He was originally Yang Guang's guard and his rank was not high, but once he left the emperor's side, he reached the sky in one step.
After going to Dian Shufang, Feng Deyi and Li Baiyao also complained about the lack of manpower. After all, these two workshops were the two departments with the heaviest workload.
So Yang Ming went directly to the Ministry of Personnel.
Yang Gongren smiled and asked someone to prepare a list of candidate officials from the Ministry of Personnel. Yang Ming checked it, then poured a cup of tea and said with a smile:
"It's easy to talk to officials. Many children from aristocratic families are currently idle at home. It only takes a day or two to find a few hundred people. As for officials, Your Highness still has to choose them personally."
Yang Ming nodded and continued to browse the directory: "Don't recommend it to me, let me choose by myself."
Yang Gongren was stunned and said with a smile: "No, no."
He did have this plan, because there are indeed many juniors in the family who are flexible employees, but Yang Ming blocked his mouth in advance.
There are quite a few celebrities in this list, many of whom have left their names in history.
Finally, Yang Ming settled on some people.
Liu Hongji, Han Sengshou, Li Mi, Wei Fusi, Wei Yijie, Zheng Yuanshou, Yin Qiao, Yao Silian, Pei Xingyan, Tang Jian, Zhao Changwen, Yang Sixuan.
Liu Hongji's father, Liu Sheng, had served as the governor of Hezhou, but he had died. He promoted Xiaolian Tian as a candidate, who could take up the post of head of Menxiafang and make history.
Han Sengshou and Xuangan are close buddies. Han Qinhu's heir and Li Jing's cousin can be appointed as Zuo Neili.
Li Mi was originally Yang Guang's bodyguard, but because of Yu Wenshu, he is now free and has nothing to do. If this person is used well, he will be his right-hand man, and he can go to Dian Shufang to work as a steward.
Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie had just been captured in an incident. Yang Ming re-appointed them so quickly to give the Wei family an attitude so that Jingzhao Wei could be more honest. These two people were not small officials in the past. In Dian Shufang, one is responsible for keeping records and the other is responsible for announcing orders.
Zheng Yuanshou was promoted from the right guard general by Yang Ming, so he became the deputy commander of the prince's left guard and served as Yang Xuanting's assistant.
Yin Qiao's father, Yin Sengshou, is now working as Secretary Cheng in the Secretariat Province. Yang Ming is completely attracted by this person's reputation, because Yin Qiao is Yin Kaishan, one of the famous 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. I will let you serve as Gatekeeper of the left palace, go and show me the gate.
Pei Xingyan was appointed as the goalkeeper of the right palace.
Yao Silian is from the south. He was originally a student of Wei Ying's legitimate son Yang You. Later, Wei Ying no longer needed him, so it was just right for me to use him. After all, he was one of the eighteen bachelors of the Prince of Qin's palace. He should go to Menxiafang to be in charge of Lingshi.
Next, Tang Jian went to the right back to lead Li Jing.
Zhao Changwen served as the minister of Xuanling.
The last one, Yang Sixuan, is Yang Gongren's nephew and Yan Xiaotang's cousin, so he should be the right leader.
After choosing so many people at once, there are actually still vacancies, but it is really difficult for Yang Ming to choose.
"I want more officials from Guanzhong, followed by Shandong, and last from Jiangnan. You can make a good decision."
Officials are not of high quality, but they do the heaviest work. They are equivalent to temporary workers. They are basically from the sidelines of aristocratic families, or they are commoners. It is unlikely that they want to become full-time workers. Many of them work for a lifetime. Assistant.
But they were also considered scholars, and they were in a different class from farmers, workers, and merchants.
Yang Gongren smiled and said: "Prince, don't worry, all the scholars in the world are preparing files in the official department. Whatever you want, I will find it for you."
After saying that, Yang Gongren said again: "I see that Your Highness has been busy with affairs recently and is physically and mentally exhausted. Would you like to come to my place to have a rest tonight?"
Yang Ming waved his hand: "Forget it, I really don't have the energy."
(End of chapter)