Corresponding to the surging undercurrents centered on Chengdu Prefecture is the fierce disputes day after day in the Gantian Hall.

According to the latest five-level administrative divisions, Chongqing Road, which has just been renamed, has eleven prefectures, forty-two counties, and more than one hundred counties, which add up to more than one hundred and seventy official hats.

These official positions are scattered, and each one is not very important, but if they are gathered together, it is a vital force. Therefore, Bai Qiuyu, Duan Shaojie, Guo Fengjie and others are all using their own means to strive for every quota.

During the fierce disputes between major factions, the more than 100 county magistrates were the first to discuss. Basically, 70% of them fell into the hands of various factions, and the last 30% were former officials on Chongqing Prefecture Road and non-independence officials.

However, the candidates for the forty-two county magistrates and eleven state magistrates were delayed until the end of May.

Yao Ruoyu, who was dragged by Xu Xuanrong to stay in the Gantian Palace every day and listened to the quarrel, finally couldn't control his temper and got angry, ordering them to determine the candidate before June, otherwise by June, he would be appointed by him.

Under the pressure of Yao Ruoyu, everyone had to make compromises and adjustments in many aspects, so the candidates for county magistrates were determined one after another. However, when discussing the candidates for state pastors, fierce conflicts inevitably arose among all parties.

Now there are ten prefectures that have been decided, namely Bai Junru, Bai Junru, Yang Yuan, Qianzhou Prefecture Patriarch, Mu Jing, Wanzhou Prefecture Patriarch, Sheng Chengpan, Zhongzhou Prefecture Patriarch, Chen Tu, Sizhou Prefecture Patriarch, Cai Zhao, Kaizhou Prefecture Patriarch, Zhang Shanshui, Changzhou Prefecture Patriarch, Ni Ding, and there is also a candidate for Bozhou Prefecture Patriarch.

Around this last state governor, the major factions were only separated from breaking up.

However, everyone was still awake. At this stage, only the deputy ministers participated in the debate at the first level. The six ministers, Bai Qiuyu, Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai, Guo Fengjie, Wen Yuancai, and Duan Shaojie, never spoke.

"Shi Mingzhou's talent since childhood was a child is famous throughout Xuzhou. He knew how to read at the age of three and wrote poems at the age of seven. His poem "The Five Waters of Xuzhou" was praised by the great scholars of Bailuyuan. Such a talent would be given a position as the governor of Bozhou and Prefecture!"

Fan Hua, deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites, glared at Duan Jia, who was from the Dali tribe opposite, and relied on the other side that he was just the director of the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Works, and was one rank lower than his official position, and almost all saliva sprayed on the other party's face.

Seeing Duan Jia being sprayed in a mess, Duan Shaojie frowned slightly and looked at Wen Yuancai. The latter turned around and looked at someone behind him. The official immediately stepped out and bowed: "Shi Mingzhou is a talent, but I think Jiang Chuanxing is not weak either! When he was the magistrate of Xichong County, he was very careful and built a small county that was originally barren and desolate, into a well-known county that was not inferior to Shunzhou Prefecture's capital, and there was no problem to be promoted to Nabozhou Prefecture's prefecture."

Seeing Yang Feng, deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, come forward to support the Dali tribe, Bai Qiuyu's face slightly darkened, and turned her head to look at Wen Yuancai, who had a blank expression as if she had not realized it.

"I agree with Na Shi Mingzhou as the governor of Bozhou."

At this time, Han Derang slowly stepped out and said loudly: "Although I have not been to Wenbang for a long time, I have heard that Shi Mingzhou is very talented. When I was destroying Jin in the past, I even wrote dozens of poems in a row. Praise our country to defeat Jin, which is a righteous act and inspires the morale of the generals."

Duan Shaojie glanced at him and sneered, "So what Lord Han meant is that our country destroyed the Dajin, and it would be all the losses of Shi Mingzhou's dozens of poems? Can you ask where will the Lord put my literary and artistic army up and down? Where will the front-line soldiers who fought bloody battles?"

Yang Feng smiled and nodded, "That is to say, all the credits were given to Shi Mingzhou. What I know is that my prince has made merits in command and generals have good leadership. I don't know, but I really think that my great article has been built on Shi Mingzhou's pen to capture the land of Sichuan and Chongqing."

Han Derang's face darkened when he heard this, and said coldly: "I have never meant to erase the contributions of the Literary and Art Army. It is just that the position of the provincial governor is crucial. If a county town is managed well, he will be qualified to be promoted to the provincial governor. Then, I have so many county magistrates in Dawen, how many people can be promoted?"

"So Lord Han said that you should not work hard as an official. Anyway, just be a county magistrate with peace of mind?" Chen Jinbo, another deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, sneered.

Seeing Han Derang being besieged by several people on the other side, Bai Qiuyu frowned, and Fan Hua and another deputy minister of the Ministry of Revenue Cao Jun also came forward to speak out, and they could not argue with several people on the other side.

"I believe that to be a good county magistrate, one needs to focus on one place, to be a good county magistrate, one must look at the whole county, to be a good provincial governor, and to care about the overall situation of our country. When Shi Mingzhou was appointed as a county magistrate, he was already concerned about foreign wars and called on the people to actively participate in the war. This is the style of a provincial governor."

Hearing Han Derang's rebuttal, Song Kai and Xu Xuanrong nodded, and Fan Hua and Cao Jun also expressed their support.

Seeing the two sides chattering and arguing below, Yao Ruoyu was quite bored and wanted to lie on the table, but when he saw Xu Xuanrong's warning gaze, he had to sit upright.

Suddenly, Song Kai coughed gently.

The voice was not loud, but it sounded clearly in everyone's ears. Everyone subconsciously stopped arguing and turned their heads to look at the Minister of War who had been watching coldly since the dynasty meeting.

"What exactly does the so-called merit mean?"

Without looking at others, Song Kai looked straight ahead and said indifferently.

Everyone was stunned. Bai Qiuyu thought for a moment and pondered: "Of course, do you care about my great cause in literature and country."

Song Kai glanced slightly at the corner of his lips and said coldly: "In my opinion, what the official's achievements really need to be determined by whether they benefit the people."

"It is true that this is true. People who are knowledgeable are more suitable for officials than Bai Ding, who is ignorant of big words," said Song Kai, with a cold look, "But..."

When everyone heard the sound of "But", they felt a little nervous. As Song Kai continued to say slowly, "I just advocate poetry and writing glorious chapters, and think that writing poetry is good or bad, and that is unattainable if it is good or bad for officials."

Ignoring the sudden blue faces of Bai Qiuyu and others, Song Kai said coldly: "If all the people in Dawen, from all the officials to the public, and all the people in the city, have accepted this argument, will my Dawen become a place for scholars in the future? The gorgeous poems are used to scrape the bones, and a few years later, my Dawen still has the courage to conquer Sichuan and attack Jin? But the courage to dare to fight against the strong with the weak?"

"If a good manuscript of poetry can become a stepping stone to the officialdom, a few years later, my great articles will definitely be all old masters who only know how to study articles," his eyes suddenly became cold, and Song Kai asked sternly, "Will there be any powerful generals who can carry a sword and go on the battlefield?"

Xu Xuanrong, who always stood in front of the crowd of the Ministry of Personnel, smiled lightly and said slowly: "As an official, you must value the word "practice". It doesn't matter if you can't write a good poem. Just write a report. In the final analysis, being a good or bad official means whether you can manage the local area well."

For a moment, the Gantian Palace was extremely quiet. The officials pondered the words of Song Kai and Xu Xuanrong, and their feelings were different in their hearts. Bai Qiuyu, Han Derang, Duan Shaojie and others had different expressions, but they didn't say anything.

When they reached their current position, Song Kai’s passionate words could not affect their emotions. The reason why they were silent was because they were thinking whether these words were Song Kai and Xu Xuanrong’s own meaning, or Yao Ruoyu’s meaning?

Song Kai didn't mention it. This person has always been aloof and arrogant. Sometimes even Yao Ruoyu dared to refute it. It was most likely his personal opinion.

But Xu Xuanrong is different. She is clearly about to become a princess, and every word and action will be marked as King Wen. Therefore, until now, not only her, but even the people in the Ministry of Personnel rarely speak, just because they are worried about affecting the situation.

But at this moment, Xu Xuanrong suddenly expressed his approval. Does it mean that Yao Ruoyu is actually agreeing with Song Kai's view?

This is naturally the thoughts of everyone in their hearts, and no one would be so stupid that they could ask. However, because Song Kai and Xu Xuanrong spoke one after another, the dispute over the state and the government of Bozhou was finally settled, and Jiang Chuanxing, who was better at practicing, was the more practical Jiang Chuanxing.

At this moment, all the eleven state patriarchs agreed that the last one was the candidate for the Chongqing Road Commander.

According to the administrative divisions agreed previously, Sichuan and Sichuan were designated as Sichuan Road and Chongqing Fu Road was designated as Chongqing Road. Each of the two roads was set up with a commander, similar to the strategic commander of the Song Dynasty, but the commander had a greater power than the strategic commander, and almost controlled the local military and political powers.

After a brief silence, Bai Qiuyu took a deep breath, slowly stepped forward half a step, and bowed: "Your Highness, I recommend Huang Kuankuan, the governor of Shunzhou Prefecture, to serve as the commander of Chongqing Road."

"I'm going to discuss it." Han Derang immediately spoke out, and then Zhu Qing, Li De and others came out one after another and supported it.

Duan Shaojie snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and walked out slowly, and said loudly: "Report to the prince, I recommend Duan Li, the governor of Dazhou Prefecture, to serve as the commander of Chongqing Road."

Just as he spoke, everyone from the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice also spoke out, and after a brief pondering, Wen Yuan also came out to support Duan Li.

Seeing that both sides had a balanced strength, Bai Qiuyu frowned slightly and was about to speak, when he saw Guo Fengjie suddenly step forward and slowly said: "I have agreed that Duan Li has the first qualifications and achievements, and he is competent to serve as the commander of Chongqing Road."

Unexpectedly, Guo Fengjie, who had always been neutral, was standing on the side of the Dali tribe. Bai Qiuyu couldn't suppress her emotions for a moment and stared at her with anger.

Because of Guo Fengjie's statement, the members of the Ministry of Rites also spoke out to support Duan Li. For a moment, the voices supporting Duan Li in the hall suddenly overshadowed Bai Qiuyu and others.

Seeing that Guo Fengjie actually supported Duan Li, Yao Ruoyu couldn't help but be stunned and looked over with curiosity. The former was calm and just smiled slightly at him.

Seeing this, Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows. When he saw the other party’s smile, he suddenly guessed Guo Fengjie’s thoughts and smiled unconsciously.

As if he guessed that Yao Ruoyu had already understood his thoughts, Guo Fengjie also smiled slightly.

Seeing that everyone became more and more quarrels, Yao Ruoyu knocked on the table. He never thought that because it was too noisy below, no one could hear it. Fortunately, Chen Meng took the knife and took a step forward and shouted: "Quiet!"

Looking around the quiet people, Yao Ruoyu smiled and said, "The Road in Chongqing is close to the Three Kingdoms of Song and Mengman. Since ancient times, it has been a place where military strategists must fight for. It is extremely important. After hearing your arguments, I have also had a choice in my heart."

Bai Qiuyu, Duan Shaojie and others were all nervous when they heard this. They knew that no matter how much effort they had made and how many people they had joined forces, the young man on the high platform was finally finalized.

Facing the nervous or indifferent gazes of everyone, Yao Ruoyu smiled and looked at the figure outside the door who had been standing there at some time. He smiled and said, "Brother Xu, come in!"

Following his gaze, except for Xu Xuanrong and Song Kai, everyone in the hall looked back. When they saw that person, Qu Feng, Ni Ding and other old ministers of the Song Dynasty were all screaming in surprise, while Bai Qiuyu and others frowned. They knew that Yao Ruoyu would appoint this person as the commander of Chongqing Road, and they were all guessing the origin of this person in their hearts.

Among the crowd, Guo Fengjie suddenly realized something after seeing Qu Feng and others losing their composure, and looked at Yao Ruoyu in surprise.

Facing his gaze, Yao Ruoyu smiled slightly.

In totally ignoring the eyes of everyone around, the figure crossed the threshold and walked slowly into the Qiantian Palace, and walked step by step along the central red carpet to the high platform where Yao Ruoyu was sitting.

This is a young man in his thirties, with his sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes, his face is like a crown of jade, wearing a purple robe, and a pure white jade pendant tied around his waist. He felt a freehand style of a mixture of Confucian and heroes flowing out of his body.

Looking at Yao Ruoyu with a gentle smile, the young man smiled faintly, bowed slowly, and his voice resounded throughout the silent hall at this moment.

"My minister Xu Jingmiao, see Your Highness."
Chapter completed!