Chapter 476 Lord Li!
Some time ago, Li Yun had selected some available talents through “interviews” in Jiangdong. Some of these people have been arranged by him to work in various counties under Jiangnan.

Some people do a very good job and may be considered for promotion and reuse in the future.

There are also some people who talk nicely and almost brag themselves to be the king’s assistants, but in fact, when they get down to the grassroots, they can basically do nothing.

This group of people must be eliminated.

In addition, there are some people who stayed in Jinling and have not yet been assigned tasks, such as Huang Chao and several other “talents” who arrived later than him.

There is a severe shortage of people in Jiangbei right now, and Li Yun has almost no staff available. These previously marginalized people will have to be put to use again.

Li Yun spent an entire afternoon meeting these people one by one, and the last person he met was Mr. Huang, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Huang Chao, wearing a blue-gray outfit, walked into Li Yun’s study, bowed his head and clasped his fists towards Li Yun and said, “Envoy!”

Li Yun pointed to the chair in front of him and said with a smile, “Sit down and talk.”

Huang Chao sat down as he was told, looked up at Li Yun and said, “Your Excellency summoned me here, what’s the matter?”

In the past six months, Huang Chao was assigned a task by Li Yun. Li Yun asked him to be responsible for supervising the Jinling Salt Affairs.

His family is in this business, so even though Li Yunxin came up with the salt permit system, it didn’t take him long to get the hang of it, and now he is very familiar with it.

“Mr. Huang, you have done a very good job in Jiangdong during this period. Now, I have a more important task that I want to entrust to you.”

Huang Chao bowed his head respectfully: “The envoy ordered.”

“Luzhou knows?”

Huang Chao said quickly: “I know that when I was doing business in my early years, I often went to Luzhou.”

“Luzhou Shucheng County is a relatively large county in Luzhou. Now the Pinglu Army has just withdrawn from here, and everything needs to be rebuilt. In addition, Shouzhou is to the east and Shuzhou is to the north.”

“This is the territory of the Pinglu Army. We need a vigilant person to take charge here. I plan to let you go here and serve as the magistrate of Shucheng County.”

Li Yun looked at the expression on his face and said, “If you do a good job, you will be given another important position in the future.”

Huang Chao first lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, “Sir, if the war breaks out again, Shucheng will be the first to face the attack of the Pinglu Army. Can I, the county magistrate, lead the troops?”

Li Yun smiled dumbly: “Since ancient times, has there ever been a county magistrate leading troops?”

Huang Chao bowed his head and said, “Sir, I want to build a 200-man army. I can recruit them in Shucheng County. This way, even if we encounter the enemy, we will not be without room to fight back.”

Li Yun thought about it and realized that two hundred people could not possibly pose any danger to him. After thinking for a while, he nodded and agreed, saying, “You don’t have to go through so much trouble. The Commandant Chen Dachen stationed in Luzhou is my brother from Qingyang. I will write him a letter and ask him to transfer one or two brigades to you.”

Huang Chao bowed his head deeply: “Your subordinate… Your subordinate thanks you very much, Your Excellency!”

Li Yun looked at him and smiled, “Mr. Huang, I am in need of people right now. As long as you do well enough in Shucheng County, you will have a bright future and there will be plenty of positions for you.”

Huang Chao bowed his head respectfully: “Your subordinate, I will go back and prepare now.”

Li Yun nodded calmly and said, “Clerk, Jinling Prefecture will give you a permit in the next few days, but you don’t have to rush over immediately. The New Year is coming soon. I allow you to go after the New Year.”

Huang Chao shook his head and whispered, “After I get the document, I will go to Shucheng to take up my post immediately.”

After saying this, he bowed to Li Yun and retreated respectfully.

After walking out of Li Yun’s study, Huang Chao was quite excited.

His lifelong ideal is to become an official.

He came to Li Yun in order to become an official.

Now this wish has finally come true!

Although he was only a county magistrate, but even as a county magistrate, it was enough to make him extremely excited as he came from a salt merchant family.

At this time, Huang Chao had made up his mind that he must cure and manage Shucheng well and show his talents in Shucheng!
After Huang Chao left, Li Yun sat back in his seat, looked at the pile of documents piled up on the table in front of him, and rubbed his brows with a headache.

As the territory grew larger, there were more and more things to deal with. Even though Du Qian had assigned him a large part of the government affairs, the remaining part and military affairs were still a huge workload.

There is no way. When your business grows bigger, you will inevitably become busy. It is like this wherever you are.

……

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed since Li Yun returned to Jinling.

During the past half month, he and Du Qian sorted out some things that must be done before the end of this year in Jinling, and also made a simple plan for what needs to be done next year, that is, after the beginning of the third year of Zhaoding. These are all detailed and tedious tasks, and most people really don’t have the patience to complete them.

If it was the former village chief Li, he would definitely not be able to sit still at this moment, and might have already taken a group of subordinates to fight east and west.

Li Yun’s patience improved a lot, and he basically sorted out all the important things carefully.

For example, the Jinling Literary Festival next spring.

Also, before the end of this year, the lists of pensions for the dead in each army, the lists of merit awards, and the lists of specific people to be promoted must be compiled one by one.

Of course, as for the promotion of specific military officers, Li Yun’s plan is just a prototype now. When it comes to specific implementation, he will have to invite several generals to ask for their opinions one by one, and handle the specific situation accordingly.

And these are just a small part of Li Yun’s work.

Fortunately, he has a part-time secretary in Li Garden. With Liu Su around, she can sort out a lot of messy things very clearly, saving Li Yun a lot of effort.

Just when Li Yun was busy in Jinling City, a young man from Guanzhong came to Jinling City with two eunuchs.

At this time, a considerable part of the forces of the Nine Departments under Li Yun had been transferred from Jiangbei back to Jiangnan, especially near Jinling. Therefore, these people were stopped by the people of the Nine Departments before they entered Jinling Prefecture, and were watched all the way.

After they entered Jinling City and just checked into an inn in Jinling City, they were invited by Jiusi to Li Garden.

Mr. Li went to the front yard in person to greet them.

This young man, who was only in his early twenties, was frightened by Li Yun’s overwhelming height when he saw him. However, he quickly reacted, stepped forward and bowed, saying, “I am Pei Zhang, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to Envoy Li!”

Li Yun looked at him, but did not return the greeting directly. Instead, he smiled and said, “Judging from the name, he seems to be of the same generation as Master Pei.”

Huang and Zhang are both jade artifacts, have similar names, and share the same surname. It is not difficult to guess the relationship between him and Pei Huang.

Pei Zhang looked up at Li Yun and said with a smile, “Your Excellency is wise. I am from the Pei family and the sixth among my peers. The Master Pei you mentioned should be my third brother.”

Li Yun nodded silently and smiled: “I’m sorry for being a descendant of a famous family.”

“Don’t dare.”

The handsome Pei Zhang looked at Li Yun and said, “I am here to convey the imperial decree to Li Shijun.”

“Oh?”

Li Yun seemed to have just learned about this matter, and said seriously: “Then Li will immediately have someone set up an incense table to welcome the imperial edict.”

“No need, no need.”

Pei Zhang waved his hand and said, “There is no need to engage in these empty formalities at this time. The imperial edict from the court is to promote you, my lord.”

He looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: “The court has promoted you to the position of Jiangnan Surveillance Commissioner.”

Pei Zhang saw this and added.

“He still serves as the Huainan Road Recruiting Envoy.”

Li Yun looked solemn, bowed towards the capital and said, “Your Majesty, I, Li Yun, thank you for your grace!”

Pei Zhang hurried forward, helped Li Yun up, then looked back at the two young eunuchs behind him and whispered, “Envoy, oh, that’s not right…”

“Now you should be called the Duke of the Mansion.”

“Mr. Li, can I have a word with you?”

Li Yun smiled and nodded, invited him aside, and said, “Why are you teaching me, Master Pei?”

“Lord Li, you should be very clear about the current situation of the court.”

“The capital is firmly controlled by three military governors.”

He looked at Li Yun and said in a deep voice: “Now, they are no longer satisfied with occupying Guanzhong.”

“Their next target is you, Lord Fu!”

Pei Zhang said in a deep voice: “After the promotion edict, the court will issue an edict to demand the payment of taxes and levies to the Duke of Fu. As long as the Duke of Fu does not pay.”

“As soon as spring comes after the New Year, the three military governors will come to you in the name of the imperial court!”

(End of this chapter)