Thief Emperor

Chapter 493 Taking concubines!

Among more than 170 students, more than 50 were awarded A and B grades.

The admission rate is over 30%.

Even the remaining Grade C ones are not completely eliminated. After all, these are the talents that Li Yun urgently needs. They can stay in Jinling and wait for Li Yun to "assign them jobs."

Today, the small Jiangdong court has plenty of tasks for them to do.

Moreover, because the so-called A, B, and C grades are different from the Jinshi titles, even if the C grade people temporarily work as clerks in Jinling, if they perform well in the future, they can still be considered for promotion to officials.

For Li Yun, there is no insurmountable gap between officials and clerks.

Of course, this is only the case now. When the vacancies of officials are filled in the future, even if there is still room for promotion for clerks, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

Li Yun himself was only responsible for arranging tasks for these twelve people. Du Qian was basically responsible for arranging the vacancies for the rest of the people.

Several days passed, and the vacancies for Class A were arranged. Du Qian was also very busy. He finally got some free time, so that afternoon, he brought his wife to Li Garden to visit Li Yun's family.

When he saw Li Yun, Li Yun was holding the little baby Li Yuan and playing with him. Du Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I've been so busy these past few days, but the Lord is so relaxed."

Li Yun first looked at him with a smile, then handed the child to the servant, asking him to take the child to the backyard. Then he asked Du Qian to sit down and said with a smile, "I am also taking a break from my busy schedule. The literary gatherings these days have kept me busy."

After the two sat down, Du Qian looked at Li Yun and said, "Sir, that man named Yao Zhong..."

"What does the Lord think?"

Li Yun poured him a cup of tea, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "What do you think, Brother Shouyi?"

"He is a very scheming person."

Du Qian took the tea with both hands and said in a deep voice, "He is older than me, but when he saw me, he called himself my disciple."

Du Shijun thought for a moment and added, "Not honest enough."

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "Among the 170 people who finally stayed in this literary gathering, I'm afraid that not a single one of them is truly honest and obedient. If they were honest and obedient, they might not even come to Jinling. This is not a shortcoming. In my opinion, it still depends on his ability."

"If he can help Brother Huiyi, then there's no harm in him staying."

Mr. Li said slowly: "At this time, we are not afraid of ambitious people, let alone shut them out. I am sure I can suppress them."

He looked at Du Qian and said with a smile: "Brother Shouyi's ability can naturally suppress him."

At this moment, Li Yun even dared to use the man named Huang Chao, let alone other people. At this stage when the team is growing rapidly, having some people like this who are desperately trying to climb up is a bad thing, isn't it?

On the contrary, it may be a good thing, because this type of people is likely to boost the enthusiasm of the entire team and make the entire Jiangdong Group more dynamic.

As for whether the intention is right or not...

It can’t be seen now.

Moreover, no matter whether his intentions are good or not, Li Yun can suppress him. If he does something out of line one day, Li Yun can bring him down with just one word.

Never be able to turn over again.

Du Qian lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, then let him help me in the Jinling government office first, and see if he is capable of being used."

He looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "If he is useful, then we can transfer Brother Xianzhi to Jinling. The three of us can work together in the government office, and Brother Xianzhi can also suppress him."

The "Brother Xianzhi" that Du Qian mentioned was none other than Li Yun's old subordinate Zhuo Guangrui, whose courtesy name was Xianzhi.

Zhuo Guangrui is now on duty in Jinling, but he is not helping Du Qian in the government office for the time being. His main responsibility now is the expansion project of Jinling City.

This project was finalized by Li Yun in the second half of last year, and finally Zhuo Guangrui was in charge of it. Now, the engineering drawings have been basically finalized, and it is estimated that the construction of the new city can start in the first half of this year.

When the new city is built and connected to the old city, the Jinling government office will not be moved, but some new government offices may be set up in the new city, such as the future Jiangdong Censorate and Li Yun's Inspectorate.

Mr. Li will also have his own official residence in the future, and he can't have everything done in Li Garden now.

Li Garden, after all, is a house, a place where people live, and its layout is quite different from that of an office space.

It is worth mentioning that the Li Garden where Li Yun lives was originally the property of the Zhuo family. It was given to Li Yun by Master Zhuo as a residence. Now it has become the political center of the entire Jiangdong and even the entire Jiangnan.

Apart from other things, just based on this house, there is nothing wrong with Zhuo Guangrui being transferred to the government office to help Du Qian. After all, Li Yun at that time was far less famous than he is now. The Zhuo family gave him money and a house, saying that they invested in original shares, and there was nothing wrong with that.

After talking about Yao Zhong’s problem for a while, Du Qian briefly reported to Li Yun on the job allocation issue for this “admitted students”.

After roughly explaining it, Du Qian looked at Li Yun and said, "A and B, together, there are 57 people in total. The positions have been drawn up. Twenty of them will stay in Jinling, and the rest will be sent out."

"The problem is that these people have basically never served as officials. If they go to the local level, there is a high possibility that some problems will arise. So, before they leave Nanjing to take up their posts, Master Fei, Mr. Tao and I have discussed that we should gather these fifty or so people together and teach them how to be officials."

Li Yun clapped his hands and smiled, "That's great, let's hold a training course that lasts three or four days."

"When the time comes, I'll go join in the fun."

Li Yun took a sip of tea and continued, "It's a pity that Brother Xu is in Yangzhou now, not in Nanjing. Otherwise, let him, this black-faced man, scare these people. The effect will be much better than our preaching."

Du Qian couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said, "Brother Ziwang has that dark face. If he comes, those people will be scared away from being officials."

The two chatted for a while before Du Qian looked at Li Yun and said, "More than 30 people were sent to various states, with an average of one person in each state. The 20 people left in Jinling sounds like a lot, but the governor wants to build six government offices in Jinling, and each office can only have three people."

"My third brother has been in charge of Jiangdong's accounts for a while now, and his hair has turned a lot whiter. He came to me a few days ago and asked me to assign at least ten people to him."

"Otherwise, he won't do this job."

Li Yun smiled dumbly: "The third brother of the Du family is really hot-tempered."

"It's not that he has a bad temper."

Du Qian sighed and said, "At present, the other government offices have not been built yet, but there are still many accounts to be calculated. He can only hire some private accountants in Jinling, otherwise he will not be able to calculate them all."

"Well."

Li Yun smiled and said, "This time, all those who pass the test will be given to the third brother. Those who are ranked third will also be given to him first, so that he can have ten people."

"No matter what we do, we can't do without an accountant."

Du Qian heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said with a smile: "This way, I can have an explanation with my third brother. I would like to thank the mansion master on behalf of my third brother."

"Brother Shouyi is becoming more and more polite now."

Li Yun poured him some tea and asked, "Brother Shouyi, do you have anything else to say?"

“There is also the matter of this year’s spring planting and the establishment of granaries in various places.”

He looked at Li Yun, thought for a moment, and said, "At the end of last year, the governor's idea was to build a granary in each prefecture and county that would be enough to feed the people for at least one to three months. In the large prefectures and counties such as Jinling, Wujun, and Qiantang, we should build larger granaries to store food."

“Right now, it’s hard for states and counties to build it.”

He looked at Li Yun and said slowly: "Some prefectures and counties are shirking their responsibilities and things are not going forward. My opinion is that we should first build large granaries near the four cities of Yangzhou, Wujun, Qiantang, and Jinling. For the rest of the prefectures and counties..."

"Take it easy."

"We need to build the granary within three to five years. If we rush it, it will not only be useless, but may even cause problems."

Du Shijun whispered, "Many of the prefectures and counties below are not completely on the same page with the governor. At this time, we should try our best to maintain the status quo and wait for the officials of the Jinling Literary Society to gradually mature and replace them."

"These policies can then be implemented very well."

Li Yun thought about it, nodded and agreed: "Since Brother Shouyi has said so, let's do it first, but this year, I need to store a large amount of food."

Du Qian looked at Li Yun, then lowered his head slightly and squinted his eyes: "I know that the Lord may mobilize troops again this year."

The two chatted about some political affairs in Jiangdong. Li Yun suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Oh, brother Shouyi, come to Li Garden for a drink in a few days."

Du Qian put down his teacup and asked with a smile, "What's the happy event? Is it the young master's first birthday party?"

"Concubinage."

Mr. Li lowered his head, took a sip of tea, then chuckled softly.

"I want to take in two concubines."

(End of this chapter)