Chapter 234: Six Paths Out

Zhang Bin stayed in Ganyang Palace for nearly an hour, and no one knew what he and Deng Sheng had discussed. After leaving Ganyang Palace, Zhang Bin went straight to the village and took Deng Sheng's will.

After coming to Menxiasheng, Cui Hao had already been waiting for Zhang Bin here. He knew that Zhang Bin's first move after returning, must be to take over Menxiasheng again, so Cui Hao was waiting for him here. As for not returning Menxiasheng to Zhang Bin, Cui Hao never thought about it. After all, doing so would only cause Deng Sheng to be unhappy with him, and the gain would not be worth the loss.

After the handover, Cui Hao moved all his belongings back to the Secretariat and returned the class room of the disciples to Zhang Bin. However, Cui Hao was just leaving. More than 90% of the officials in the disciples were his, so Zhang Bin had a headache.

There are many candidates for the Six Dao Governors. All major factions have recommended many people, but most of them are prefects from all over the country. After all, those who are qualified to serve as a prefect can only be promoted to the Prefect or the external transfer of the Six Ministers. There is no reason to be airborne alone. The Six Ministers are already important officials of the court and may take over the position of a minister at any time. How can they become a governor?

In Ganyang Palace, Deng Sheng was carefully considering the candidates for the Six Dao Governors. First of all, Nanyang Road, there was only Nanyang county. Then Nanyang Prefecture naturally became the governor of Nanyang Road, and the position of Nanyang Prefecture was also revoked. However, Nanyang is a very special place. Since the founding of Deng State, Nanyang Prefecture has only been held by the Deng clan relatives, and each Nanyang Prefecture was elected by a group of Deng clan relatives. Even Deng Sheng only has the right to appoint and has no right to decide. Although there is no explicit regulation, over the years, a hidden rule has been formed. Nanyang is the forbidden body of Deng family. Whoever dares to touch the cake of Nanyang, Deng family relatives will fight with him. Even Deng Sheng cannot easily move the position of Nanyang Prefecture. The current Nanyang Prefecture is Deng Zhang, the second son of Deng Yong, the former Zhongshu Ling, and Deng Qiang's younger brother.

Then there was Ying Rudao, who was in charge of Yingchuan and Runan counties. Originally, Yingchuan prefect Chen Qun was the most qualified person to take up this position, but Deng Sheng planned to transfer him back to the central government and serve as the Minister of Rites. Because Kong You were about to retreat, Chen Qun was asked to come back at this time to take over Kong You's rank. As for Yingchuan prefect, Deng Sheng was willing to be the magistrate of Yangdi County Xun Yu, while Runan prefect Jiang Guangping had just become the prefect of Runan for less than two years. He didn't have to think about the position of governor. For Ying Rudao, Deng Sheng planned to transfer Jiangxia prefect Pang Ji as the prefect.

Next is Jingbei Road. Jingbei Road has a special geographical location, governing the three counties of Nanjun, Jiangxia and Shangyong, and is adjacent to Nanyang. Its status in the entire Deng Kingdom is second only to Nanyang Road. For this position, Deng Sheng plans to let his brother-in-law Cai Jie serve as the position. Since Cai Jie became the prefect of Nanjun, his political achievements have been outstanding, and his family background, I believe no one will have any objections to the position of the governor of Jingbei Road.

As for Jingnan Road, Huainan Road, Jiangdong Road, especially Huainan Road and Jiangdong Road, there is no decent prefect now, let alone the governor. Therefore, the position of these three governors can only be selected from the few prefects in the four counties of Jingnan.

The four prefects of Jingnan, Liu Ba, Liu Jian, Ouyang Xiu, and Yao Chong, are all very capable people. If they insist on dividing a high ground, Ouyang Xiu might be relatively short. So after thinking about it, Deng Sheng decided that Liu Ba would be the governor of Jingnan Road, Liu Jian would be the governor of Jiangdong Road, and Yao Chong would be the governor of Huainan Road.

After deciding to go to the Six Dao Governors, there was another trouble, that is, with the promotion of several prefects, the positions of the prefects of Nanjun, Jiangxia, Changsha, Guiyang and Wuling were empty, and people needed to take over. In addition, the newly acquired five counties required a total of ten people.

Originally, Deng Sheng had summoned ten talents, but among these ten people, only eight could serve as the prefect of a county. Wang Zhongsi and Wang Shao were both military generals. Deng Sheng was thinking about whether to summon another wave, but suddenly he remembered that when he appointed the prefect of Runan, Liu Guangchu and Gu Zhiheng, who were competing with Jiang Guangping, both of them had politics of over 80 years. Among them, Liu Guangchu was the leader among the second-rates. It was not a big problem to manage the four counties of Jingnan, which were not threatening.

So Deng Sheng made a decision. Wang Meng became the prefect of Jiujiang, Wang Dao was the prefect of Nanjun, Liu Guangchu was the prefect of Changsha, Gu Zhiheng was the prefect of Wuling, Huo Guang was the prefect of Wujun, Fei Yi was the prefect of Guiyang, Li Dongyang was the prefect of Lujiang, Yang Shiqi was the prefect of Yuzhang, Yang Rong was the prefect of Danyang, and Wang Anshi was the prefect of Jiangxia.

However, Wang Dao, Wang Meng and Wang Anshi were just a white-handed person. Suddenly becoming the prefect will inevitably lead to many dissatisfaction. However, Deng Sheng believed that Wang Dao, Wang Meng and Wang Anshi would use his ability to shut up, and Deng Sheng would not think of how to arrange the remaining Wang Zhongsi and Wang Shao.

After making a decision, Deng Sheng sent the list to the Secretariat, and ordered the Secretariat to draft an edict, and then sent it to the Menxia Province for review. Finally, the Secretariat delivered the appointment letter to everyone.

When a group of ministers took Deng Sheng's list in their hands, they all felt very strange to Wang Dao, Wang Meng and Wang Anshi. According to the information, these three people were not officials of Deng State, and they were even just white. How could He De reach the sky and take the post of prefect of a county? If it was a list drafted by others, Cui Hao and others would definitely question it, but this list was drafted by Deng Sheng himself. They believed Deng Sheng's vision very much, and later they sent it. When people went to investigate the three, they found that they actually came from the same family, the Wang family of Langya, among which Wang Dao, Wang Meng were brothers, Wang Dao, Wang Anshi were father and son. Cui Hao and others couldn't help but sigh that another political family was about to rise, with three prefects in one family, and all of them were rich places like Jiangxia, Nanjun, and Jiujiang. It was too easy to make some political achievements. Even if these three people were unable to be transferred back to the central government in less than a few years, they would be more than enough to be a governor.

After the new list of governors and prefects was released, a sensation was settled. However, the names of Wang Dao, Wang Meng and Wang Anshi were particularly eye-catching. The three of them had never been seen by the world and suddenly became the prefects of the three prosperous counties. This made many very dissatisfied with this and questioned it. However, because Cui Hao, Jiang Wan, Su Hong, and Zhang Bin did not say anything, and no one else dared to say anything.

Jiujiang, Shouchun City, the Wang Mansion, Wang Dao took several appointment letters sent by the Ministry of Personnel and said to Wang Meng: "Brother Meng, you are the smartest person in our Wang family. Tell me, what do you think about this appointment?"

After Li Siye attacked Jiujiang, Wang Dao's brothers and sons made great contributions to the stability of Jiujiang by Deng's army. Moreover, their personal relationships with Chang Yuchun, Li Siye, Murong Ke were also quite good. Chang Yuchun and others had also said that they would recommend them in front of Deng Sheng, but they did not expect that there would be three prefects in one sect. Although Wang Shao and Wang Zhongsi had not received a clear appointment, Deng Sheng also sent someone to pass on the message and asked Wang Shao and Wang Zhongsi to Wancheng. I believe there would be a good place to go. All of this made Wang Dao feel that it was not very real.

Wang Meng smiled and said, "Brother, since the king trusts us so much, our Wang family will naturally die for the king. What else can we think about it?"

Director Wang shook his head and said, "Your brother naturally knows this. Wang's kindness is great. Our Wang family must repay us. However, our Wang family is an outsider and no one has served in the court before. After suddenly three prefects emerged, you may have caused dissatisfaction among many factions in the court."

Wang Meng replied: "There will definitely be dissatisfaction. After all, our Wang family occupies three of the fifteen counties of Deng State, and they are all wealthy counties. It is difficult not to be jealous, but it doesn't matter. As the saying goes, crisis, there will be opportunities only if there is danger. Although taking over these three prefectures may make our Wang family the target of public criticism, isn't this an opportunity?"

"Our Wang family left their hometown, came from Langya to Jiujiang, and then threw all their money to Deng State. Isn't it just to have a place in the huge Deng State? Although I believe that with the ability of you and my brothers, Anshi and Zhongsi, they will make a name for themselves sooner or later, the process is so long. Now as long as we firmly hold the position of prefect of the Three County and make political achievements, we will naturally become a governor or a minister of the Six Ministry. Let's go further and further, the Six Ministry's Ministers or even the heads of the Three Provinces. Why not do it?"
Chapter completed!