"Your Highness, I admire Your Highness's decision. I swear to follow Your Highness!”
Sun Fushen said sincerely and firmly.
Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction and said,"
"Very good! This king needs an official like you.”
"Bing Province not only needs to re-examine and measure the land, increase taxes, and implement a new talent selection system. It's not a new imperial examination system, but a new assessment method.”
"The morale of the army is low, and arrogance and laziness are everywhere. They think that they can rest easy after destroying the Eastern Turks. All of this needs to be reformed.”
As soon as he finished speaking, these newly promoted officials all trembled. It seemed that Bing Province was really going to change!
Li Xiao had already decided that he would first measure the land and gradually attack the despots.
This was because Longxi's aristocrats were too powerful.
Dugu Clan!
Wang Clan!
Concubine Yuan!
A slight change in one hair would affect the whole body.
Using them as an example would cause a strong backlash.
After all, the person sitting on the throne was Li Shimin.
Civil administration, commercial reform, opening up the Silk Road, and the reform of Bingzhou's government troops were the first to move.
There was also Li Xiao's talent selection reform, which was actually another form of imperial examination system reform.
The selection of talents was the most urgent because Li Xiao urgently needed people that he could use.
Business reform was the most effective, so Li Xiao decided to start from this aspect.
The Tang Empire was open and tolerant, welcoming foreign merchants. However, the Tang Empire had only been established for a few years, and the Silk Road had to pass through more than a dozen countries.
Some of the countries set up checkpoints to collect taxes, which greatly hindered the free trade of merchants.
It used to be the Eastern Turks, but after the Eastern Turks were destroyed, Xue Yantuo had returned to this business.
Therefore, in order to open up the Silk Road, he still had to fight Xue Yantuo.
Li Xiao had already sent Qian Qing to understand the details. There were not many soldiers in the prefecture, but most of them were veterans and had a certain level of combat power.
When these officials promoted by Li Xiao walked out of the Provincial Governor's Office happily, they congratulated each other and held their heads high.
Because according to Li Xiao's orders, the former officials were kicked away after handing over all the stolen money and returned to their hometown to farm.
Xu Wenjun was in charge of Bingzhou and made it a mess. However, there were still some clean and capable people.
Li Xiao couldn't be sure that these people were Clearwater, so he could only use them while observing.
These people used to be officials of Bingzhou, and most of them had a special characteristic.
That was to be suppressed and ostracized by Xu Wenjun again and again, and finally be idle at home.
And the new situation in Bingzhou had been grandly opened!
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In the government office, Colonel Xie bowed and reported,"
"Your Highness, I am extremely grateful for letting me stay.”
Li Xiao said coldly,"
"I won't kill you because you're relatively honest and have some ability. As long as you're loyal in the future, I won't mistreat you.”
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Xie Lin had mixed feelings. Li Xiao had given him a second chance at life.
Li Xiao looked at Colonel Xie and asked,"Are there any other special talents recommended?" As long as you have the ability, capability, and integrity, I don't ask for much.”
Colonel Xie thought for a moment. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, but they immediately dimmed.
"Your Highness, there is indeed a person who is very talented. However, this person is arrogant and arrogant.”
"Last year, when he was in Bingzhou, he was at odds with Xu Wenjun. He also complained about her.
However, after the memorial was submitted, there was no more news. It was like a clay ox entering the sea. Instead, Xu Wenjun attacked him after she found out.
He was disheartened and had already resigned. However, as far as I know, he is still in Bingzhou.”
Hearing this, Li Xiao immediately became interested and asked,"
"What's his name?"
"Your Highness, this person is called Wang Bo.”
"Wang Bo?" Li Xiao began to read. It was a famous name!
Li Xiao, who was familiar with history before he transmigrated, naturally knew about this literary talent and great ability to govern the country, Wang Bo.
Well, a madman was a little crazy. Scholars, after all, all had this bad habit.
However, Li Xiao was very confident in taming him.
In the later generations, his literary talent was also highly respected. He was the leader of the literary world in the early Tang Dynasty!
Li Xiao was overjoyed. If he could get Wang Bo's help, his career would be like a tiger with wings.
What made Li Xiao even happier was that after checking the system, Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin, and Yang Jiong were all alive.
"This king wants to take in all the talents in the world!”Li Xiao said in his heart.
He learned that Wang Bo was in Bingzhou.
"Minister Xie, do you know where Wang Bo lives in Bingzhou?”
"I know a little, but I'm not sure.”Colonel Xie said carefully.
"Find someone to invite them. You have to treat them with courtesy. This king is thirsty for talents now.”Li Xiao said.
"This is your order."
After Colonel Xie finished speaking, he slowly retreated.
Two days later, Li Xiao met a pale-faced, skinny, but arrogant young man in a side hall of the government office.
The governor of Bing Province, Xie Lin, bowed and reported to Li Xiao,"
"Your Highness, this person is Wang Bo. If it wasn't for the surrounding people talking about Your Highness 'great achievements, he wouldn't have come.”
Wang Bo was a man of about seventeen or eighteen years old.
When he saw Li Xiao, he was extremely surprised.
His eyes were filled with surprise---how could it be a child who defeated Xue Yantuo?
This was completely different from the image of King Jiang that he had heard from the people.
In Wang Bo's mind, Jiang Wang should be around the same age as him, right?
Unexpectedly, it was a child around 14 or 15 years old. He had no hair on his mouth and was not good at doing things.
He was a little regretful. He stubbornly turned his head to the side and pretended to leave immediately.
Li Xiao seemed to have expected Wang Bo to do this.
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