Chapter 168: Appointment of Province Officials

"Wenruo, you write the imperial edicts for the appointments of Xu Shu and Ju Shou."

After conferring the two, Liu Bian immediately asked Xun Yu to write the imperial edicts on the spot.

"This humble subject obeys the edict!"

Xun Yu immediately bowed to Liu Bian and replied.

Afterwards, Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng took the imperial edicts to Xun Yu, and Xun Yu wrote them on the spot.

Very soon, Xun Yu wrote the two appointment edicts, and Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng presented them to Liu Bian.

After taking a look and seeing no problems, Liu Bian took out the Imperial Jade Seal and stamped it.

"My beloved subjects, as for the candidates for the remaining Inspectors of Xuzhou and Youzhou, do you have any suitable candidates?"

After deciding on the Inspectors of Yuzhou and Jizhou, Liu Bian asked everyone about the candidates for the remaining two Inspectors.

Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads slightly and said in unison:

"We, your subjects, are ashamed; we have no suitable candidates!"

After speaking, they all lowered their heads in shame, not daring to look Liu Bian in the eye.

And just as everyone's voice fell, Xun Yu suddenly thought of something and immediately stepped out to say respectfully to Liu Bian:

"Your Majesty, this subject has one more person to recommend. With this person's talent, it is enough to serve as an Inspector of a province!"

"Hahahaha, it still has to be you, Wenruo. With such a great talent, why didn't you say so earlier? Who is this person?"

After listening to Xun Yu's words, Liu Bian also became happy and immediately asked Xun Yu.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the one this humble subject recommends is the newly appointed Chang'an Magistrate, Ju Shou, Ju Zheng-nan."

"In the month since Ju Shou has been serving as Chang'an Magistrate, his talent is no worse than Tian Feng's. This humble subject feels that with Ju Zheng-nan's talent, it is enough to serve as an Inspector of a province."

Facing Liu Bian's inquiry, Xun Yu also told Liu Bian and everyone about the person he recommended.

"Ju Shou? That is not impossible."

And Liu Bian, after hearing that the person Xun Yu recommended was Ju Shou, also murmured.

This Ju Shou could also be considered a loyal person. In the original history, after Yuan Shao was defeated in the Battle of Guandu.

Ju Shou defended Ye City for several months, but was eventually defeated. After the city was broken, Ju Shou did not surrender, but generously went to his death.

Although in the original history, Ju Shou's fame might not have been as great as Tian Feng's, his talent was also quite good.

Having him serve as an Inspector of a province was not impossible!

"Since it is someone you recommended, Wenruo, then I will trust Ju Zheng-nan once."

"Draft an edict: Appoint Chang'an Magistrate Ju Shou as Inspector of Youzhou, Third Rank, salary of eight hundred shi, to take office as Inspector of Youzhou immediately!"

After thinking about Ju Shou's experience in his mind, Liu Bian also immediately decided that he would serve as Inspector of Youzhou.

"This humble subject obeys the edict!"

After Liu Bian's voice fell, Xun Yu immediately replied respectfully, and then began to write the imperial edict.

"As for this last position of Inspector of Xuzhou, I intend to ask the Vice Minister of Revenue Chen Gong to serve."

After Xun Yu finished writing the imperial edict, Liu Bian looked at the Vice Minister of Revenue Chen Gong below and said to everyone.

"Your Majesty, if you transfer Gongtai away, my Ministry of Revenue will have no one left!"

At this moment, after hearing Liu Bian's intention to transfer Chen Gong to be the Inspector of Xuzhou, Xi Zhicai immediately said to him with a bitter face.

"I really have no one else to use. As for your Vice Minister of Revenue candidate, just ask Wenruo to find someone else for you!"

Seeing Xi Zhicai's bitter face, Liu Bian was also somewhat helpless and said to him.

"This subject obeys the edict!"

Seeing this, Xi Zhicai also knew that Chen Gong could not be kept, so he immediately replied to Liu Bian.

"Chen Gong, listen to the appointment!"

After speaking to Xi Zhicai, Liu Bian looked at Chen Gong and said with authority.

"This subject is here!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Gong immediately stood up, bowed and cupped his fists to Liu Bian, and shouted loudly in response.

"Appoint Chen Gong as Inspector of Xuzhou, Third Rank, salary of eight hundred shi, in charge of all civil and political affairs of Xuzhou, to take office immediately!"

After Liu Bian finished conferring, Chen Gong immediately bowed and cupped his fists to Liu Bian to thank him:

"This subject thanks Your Majesty for your heavenly grace! I will surely die for Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian also nodded at him with satisfaction.

"Since suitable candidates have been found for the Inspectors of these four provinces, the military generals guarding these four provinces should also have them."

"I intend to directly appoint the military generals under the four beloved subjects. Do the four beloved subjects have any suitable candidates?"

Thinking that these four provinces had not yet appointed military generals to guard them, Liu Bian asked Liu Yu and the other three.

"Your Majesty, the great general under this subject, Qu Yi, has decent martial arts and commanding talent. This humble subject recommends Qu Yi to serve as the defender of Jizhou!"

After listening to Liu Bian's words, Han Fu thought of the great general under his command, Qu Yi, who was very suitable to serve as the defender of Jizhou, so he immediately said to Liu Bian.

"Right! How could I have forgotten Qu Yi? This guy's strength is enough to be on par with Zhang He and the others!"

If Han Fu had not mentioned it, Liu Bian would have really forgotten about this person, Qu Yi.

"Good, I have also heard of this person, Qu Yi. With his talent, he is indeed enough to serve as the defender of Jizhou."

"Lord Han here already has a suitable defender, what about you three beloved subjects?"

After Liu Bian finished speaking to Han Fu, he looked at Tao Qian and Liu Yu and the other two.

"Your Majesty, the great general under this subject, Cao Bao, is quite brave. This humble subject recommends him as the defender of Xuzhou."

"Your Majesty, the great general under this subject, Yan Rou, has quite a bit of strength and talent. This humble subject recommends him as the defender of Youzhou."

"Your Majesty, this humble subject is ashamed; there are no powerful military generals under this subject!"

Just after the few finished speaking, the Inspector of Yuzhou, Kong Zhou, spoke in a somewhat low voice.

At this moment, after listening to Kong Zhou's words, everyone's gaze also looked at him.

After feeling everyone's gaze, Kong Zhou lowered his head even further.

This was embarrassing; the other three all had powerful military generals, but when it came to his Yuzhou, in this vast Yuzhou, he could not find a single powerful military general.

It was estimated that this time the loss of face was huge!

Seeing this, Liu Bian also looked at Kong Zhou somewhat strangely, but thinking of his ending in history, he felt relieved.

If it were not for him executing Dong Zhuo and other rebels, this Kong Zhou would not have lived until now.

"Since Lord Kong has no one to use here, the defender of Yuzhou will be selected by you, Mengde, and your Ministry of War!"

Seeing that Kong Zhou had no one here, Liu Bian said to the Minister of War Cao Cao.

"This subject obeys the edict!"

"But Your Majesty, what rank should the official position of a province defender be set at?"

The Minister of War Cao Cao, upon hearing this, immediately asked Liu Bian respectfully about the official position.

"These four province defenders are all newly promoted talents. The official position should not be set too high, but as a province defender, the official position should not be too low either. Let's set it as a Fifth Rank General!"

Thinking that after all, they were military generals guarding a province, the official position could not be too low. Fifth Rank was neither high nor low, just right.

"This humble subject obeys the edict!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately replied respectfully. ===== CHAPTER 169 =====