Although it is important to organize households and people, for the court, it can pay more taxes and make the finances more comfortable, but for the prime ministers, there are not many substantial benefits.

But the merger of states and counties is different. The fifty states in the past were merged into thirty states. Some were abolished and some were expanded. Naturally, officials must lose their power.

Therefore, in order to stay in power, but also for political achievements and to highlight themselves, many officials no longer care about making money during this merger of states and counties, but only want to express themselves in order to get a piece of the pie.

Nowadays, the household registration is almost complete, so everyone starts to discuss the merger of states and counties. The first part is just a side dish.

"How has the Zhengshitang prepared the specific regulations?" Li Jia said calmly.

"Reporting to your Majesty, I have worked hard and have finally achieved something. Lingnan will be divided into two prefectures on the west and east of the Ling, ten prefectures on the west of the Ling, and twenty-two prefectures on the east, all of which are designed according to local conditions!"

With that said, Cui Quan presented a memorial, which was densely packed with names of people and places. It made me a little headache to read it. He only took a cursory look at it and found that it was generally reasonable. The emperor nodded and said:

"I believe in the abilities of all of you, but what should we do with the officials who have been abolished? Remove them? Move them to the right? If they are not handled properly, I am afraid it will cause public resentment!"

The people's grievances are nothing, and they have no military power. They can only complain and inflict their grievances on the prime ministers. Who knows how many prime ministers are presiding over this time?

Cui Quan's face remained unchanged, and he talked about the draft: "This time, the officialdom has also been reviewed by the Yushitai. Many corrupt officials in the local area have also been dismissed, and the Lingxi and Lingdong two prefectures have been established, and there are many official positions.

It can be accommodated. After all, the yamen in charge of more than ten states have many vacancies inside and outside, which is enough for resettlement!"

"For today's plan, the two prefectures on the west and east of the Ling Dynasty still lack official positions such as prefects and magistrates, so they still need your Majesty's royal decree!"

"Do you have any candidates?" As the emperor, Li Jia cannot be arbitrary in everything. He must rely on his ministers to govern the world, and the prime minister is the representative of the officials.

According to custom, it is the prime minister's duty to recommend talented people to the country.

"I recommend Tian Qianqiu, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, to be the magistrate of Lingxi Prefecture. He has always been kind-hearted, lenient and gentle, and he will definitely be able to appease the barbarians!"

The Prime Minister was relatively reserved, and the first person to speak was Sun Zhao. Moreover, he knew that he had no say in Lingdong Mansion and could not compete for it, so he set his sights on Lingxi. It was better to have something than nothing.

"Well? The minister is a fourth-grade official, and the prefect is also a fourth-grade official. So, it's a good match!"

Of course the emperor knew that from the central to the local level, although the rank was average, it was obviously derogatory.

"Do you have any opinions?"

"I all think that Shilang Tian is the right person!" the two prime ministers said, cupping their hands.

Li Jia glanced at it and knew that it was an exchange of interests, but he didn't care about it in his heart. As long as the partisanship is not excessive, it will be a problem. If you can manage the place well, you are a good official.

In these troubled times, the king's flag is often changed on the city wall, just like an election, and the monarch is constantly changing, but the scholars who govern the world are still the same, such as Feng Dao, the prime minister who served ten emperors in the four dynasties.

Even among Zhao Kuangyin's current subordinates, there are quite a few from the Later Han Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty. Hehe, the moral integrity of literati is really funny. Anyway, no matter what they say, they are all right.

"Then let him be the prefect!" The emperor knew a little about this person. He was from an imperial family, with a generous personality, neither hasty nor slowness. He was a good old man. For those barbarians, being eager for quick success and profit was not enough, but a gentle temper was more suitable.

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"Where is Lingdong?" the emperor asked in a long voice.

"I recommend Qiu Huai, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs..."

"I recommend..."

The two prime ministers immediately took action upon hearing the news, as if scrambling to be the first.

Lingdong is adjacent to Chengtian Mansion, and it is the essence of Lingnan. Naturally, it needs to be fought for. If someone else takes it, the reputation will increase greatly.

In fact, since preparations were made to move the capital to Changsha Prefecture, the status of Lingdong has plummeted. Without the geographical advantage surrounding the capital and the lack of Chengtian Prefecture, Lingdong is no different from Lingxi.

Seeing this, Li Jia could only make peace with Xini. One person was the prefect and the other was the judge. They had to check and balance each other to maintain the kingly way.

As a result, the imperial meeting dispersed like this. Only a few people from Zhongshushe left excitedly and tremblingly. The thoughts of several prime ministers were hard to guess.

Three prime ministers and one is the prime minister of finance, which is still too few.

Li Jia then pulled Wang Ning out of the shogunate, who worked hard without complaint, and asked him to enter the political hall, where he was given the title of counselor and became the fourth prime minister.

Since he was in the military department and was in charge of military logistics, he was called the Privy Councilor in reference to the Privy Envoys of the Central Plains.

With the four prime ministers, there was chaos in the court for a while, but it soon calmed down. The safe arrival of summer grain into the warehouse made the whole court feel relieved. There was food in the treasury and there was no panic.

The summer tax from Nanping, Hunan was slowly transported to Lingnan. The cost was staggering after traveling thousands of miles, and Li Jia became more and more determined to move the capital.

In the first half of the second year of Shenwu, the world was peaceful, but corrupt officials were severely punished in the Central Plains and Lingnan.

Zhao Kuangyin had a jealous temper, especially not long after he came to the throne, and his military temper had not improved yet, so he could not bear to look at corrupt officials among civil servants.

There was a man named Guo Zhi in Guantao County. Because his family was wealthy, he offended the Guantao Order, so he was strictly inspected. His family property was greatly reduced, and he felt extremely unfair.

So, without stopping, he went directly to Tokyo and asked someone to file a petition, saying that the land inspection was uneven.

Zhao Kuangyin was furious, but he did not listen to the wind and rain. Instead, he sent people to re-investigate the situation of the inspection area. After learning that it was indeed uneven, he was immediately exiled to the island.

Li Yao, the magistrate of Shanghe County, was executed in the city after receiving the stolen goods. Immediately, all corrupt officials were beheaded. The tolerance for literati in later generations did not exist before they released their military power over a cup of wine.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin began to appoint and remove civilians as officials and centralize power on the grounds that the military officers were corrupt and not good at governing the people.

In June of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was the plum rain season, with continuous light rain. Li Jing from Hongdu was already seriously ill. As expected, Li Jing passed away soon after, at the age of forty-six.

When Prince Li Yu succeeded to the throne, he could not stand the narrowness and humidity of Hongdu, so he returned to Jinling in the event of a funeral. He also sent envoys to Tokyo to meet with Zhao Kuangyin, hoping to restore Li Jing's title of emperor and gain some dignity after his death.

The deceased was the most important, in order to win the hearts of the people, and even exploited a lot of money and food to replenish blood. In this way, Zhao Kuangyin finally agreed, so he was posthumously named Li Jing, "Emperor Mingdao Chongde Wenxuanxiao", the temple name was Yuanzong, and his mausoleum was in Shunling (located in Shunling).
Chapter completed!